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SENATOR BLEASE GIVEN
OVATION AT HIS HOME
(Continued from page one).
W olina, saying that the governor has
} special trust in his care, prudence and
integrity. When the senator from
South Carolina come up ho says, Wo
don't want that man for post master
at Greenville. lie is asked, Why?
Hasn't your governor said ho is a
man of honor, a man of
proudonco, and a man of- integrity.
Oh, says the senator, he is
a negro. But the negro says, But,
Mr. Taft, didn't you say in your
speech of acceptance that you would
not hold color against a man?
Mr. Ansel said Ben Tillman apI
pointed a negro notary. Wasn't that
II pitiful? Newspapers which had curs
ed Tillman for everything on earth
" were now seeking to justify Ansel by
Inn act of Tillman. Ben Tillman did
appoint a negro notary, but that appointment
waked a desire in that negro
's breast for office. He was not
satisfied to be a notary, but wanted
to be post master, and Joshua Wilson
was post master at Florenco today.
Tillman had fought the appointment
of Small and Orum and
others, but he had never fought the
appointment of Wilson as post master.
Why? Because if he should
raise the question, lie would be asked
by one of the senators, Weren't you
governor of South Carolina? Tillman
would reply that be was. "Is
that your signature?" "Yes." "Did'
n't you say there tlirf you reposed
special confidence in the care, prudence
and integrity of Joshua Wilson,
and sign it as governor?" "Yes,
sir." "What did you sign that for?"
Mr. Blease said that lie knew exactly
what Tillman would say, and he
would tell, if the ladies would excuse
the expression. Tillman would say,
''I am .d sorry I did so." That
was the reason Tillman did not fight
him. He himself signed a certificate
as to his character and reputation
and honor. Mr. Blease said if he
was governor of South Carolina, no
matter who signed a negro's petition,
he would never appoint a negro
a notary public of South Carolina.
Mr. Blease altacked (lie second leim
idea, citing the record to show that
Mr. Ansel was not entitled to a second
term by reason of any precedent
in the Democratic party in this State.
Ansel would not say whether he had
voted for McSweenev and Ellerbe
for second terms, although Mr. Blease
asid he had asked him. Mr. Blease
said lie wished Mr. Ansel would sav i
hwether or not he had voted for Col.
Hovt, so that the people of Greenville
might know. Mr. Blease showed
by the record that as far back as
1880, as a member of the nominating
convention Mr. Ansel, along with the
rest of Hie Greenville delegation,
had voted aorainst (he namination >f
John ('. Sheppard for a second
term.
Mr. Blease said that his enemies
conceded his ability and ihe fact
that he had the strongest platform on
which a candidate for governor of
South Carolina had ever .stood, and,
driven to desperate straits, they had
attacked his moral eharactcr, "slabbing
me in the hack, aided and assisted
by men whom T have never seen,
and today there is a man's name in
that card in tire State who would not
know ine, T believe, if T walked across
that street in front of him today?
the Rev. J. Fj. James, because I have
never seen him, and T doubt if he
has ever seen me before in his life."
"I have made my fight," said Mr.
Blease, "and made it like a man, and
I propose lo continue to make it like
a man."
Mr. Blease made a few closing remarks
and sat down amid prolonged
applause.
Governor Ansel.
fJovernor Ansel was received with
applause, and was given close and respect
lul attention. Governor Ansel
said il was a great pleasure lo him
to be in Newberry today and look the
yeomanry of Newberry in the face. ,
ITe thanked Ihe ladies for their presence.
He fell that the Stale was
safe so long as the ladies look an
interest in polities.
ft was a great honor to be governor
of South Carolina?Ihe greatest
State in Ihe Union, and her greatest
asset was her brave men and beautif
u women. lie had discharged the
di,?Ls of his office with fidelity, and
had given to each question presented
to him his time and liis best
thought and best talent. He was
seeking reeled ion but ho did not ask :
it because he had been governor for
the past eighteen months. ' lie asked
reelection on his merits and on
nothing else. He look up the fin- <
ances of the Stale, reading the fi- j
gnrcs ,and stating that he had recom^
mended that a 2-mill tax be levied, 1
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to continue for two years, to place i
the State on a cash basis, so it could i
pay as it went, and not have to bor- 1
row. If he had been a politician, try- '
ing to do what was popular, he pro- 1
bably would not have made this rec- |
ointuendation. But he had looked at
it as a business num. lie wanted to i
do something to catch up. ,
lie Had recommended I lie raising I
ol the salary ot (lie governor, and t
he would do il again. The governor *
ol North Carolina and (lie governor f
of Georgia got .+4,000 each, while the I
governor of South Carolina got only \
13,000. 1( had cost him $1,000 a year (
more than his salary to hold the oflice.
I lie increase would not have (
done him any good during his first 1
teim if it had been passed, because i
the salary of an olliccr can't be rais- f
cd while he is in oflice. It would have \
affected him during his second term, c
But he had not recommended this increase
because he wanted $1,000 ;
mote. What was the salary compar- (
cd with (he heritage which a governor
of South Carolina would leave
to his children? ^
lie had recommended that the ad- s
visability of the erection of a new }
governor's mansion be looked into ov *
a commission, to report to the lcgi*- ,
lature, but lie didn't recommend that
we go and build it at once, because *
before they do that they should have !
nil the information as to its cost and
the advisability of its erection.
The Ansel administration had been [
charged with being (he most extrava- *
gant since the war. But the governor
did not make the laws, he said'. The [
legislature made the laws. It might 1
be said that he could veto them, bui '
should he set up his judgment against '
lite representatives of ||,e people in '.
the general assembly? What were 1
some of the appropriations? In 1800 1
tin; C on federate pension was $50,000;
today it was $250,000. Were we 1
going to take any away from (lie old 1
soldiers? Then an appropriation of '
$ >0,000 was made for the establish- I
ment of high schools. Then $48,000 1
was appropriated for an extra dor- 1
mitory for Winlhrop. That this was *
needed was shown by the fact that '
W inthrop that session was forced to '
turn away from 'her doors 400 girls. '
He toqk up the negro notary, lie
said lie did appoint a negro notary, J'
and a few negro notaries had been {1
appointed by every governor for the p
past twenty years. Mr. Tillman, Mr. 0
Ellerbe, Mr. I ley ward and others had 1
appointed one. lie had appointed s
this negro notary on the reeommen- '
dation of two representatives of (he '
Greenville delegation. Governor An- s
sel said he was a Democrat, and had (
always been a Democrat, and would f
always be a Democrat. '
He was held responsible, lie said, '
for (he establishment of the depart- *
ment of immigration, which was established
several years before lie was f
elected. 1( was a department not onl.\
of immigration, but of commerce
and agriculture, ami recently a mag- *
nificen! hand book had been issued
setting forth the advantages and re- (
sources of the State, lie was as '
much opposed to indiscriminate im
migration as anybody, but he would '
welcome home seekers. And not one '
eon( of the appropriation of (his department,
he said, could he used for
paying the passage of immigrants.
He defended the olVce of insur- .
ance commissioner, saying that the !
ollice did not cost the Slale a conr, !
but that the State had really made j
by the creation of (lie oflice.
Ho stated his views on (he whiskey (
finest ion, saying lie had recommend- (
ed an amendment to the Carey-Cot lira
n law providing (hat only one dispensary
could be established in a ]
county, except those counties con- j
taining large towns and cities. He
said lie favored State-wide prohibi- j
tion, with (he privilege (o counties j
to vote in county dispensaries. (
Oov. Ansel sat down amid ap- i
plause.
c
ZEPPELIN'S AIR SHIP FLYING. I
Up to 11 O'clock Tuesday Night He
Had Gone 2f)0 Miles and his Balloon
was Sailing Serenely.
1
Friedrichschafen. August <1.?Arising
ivoni ils floating do<-l< on the dark
green waters of Lake Constance early
this morning the ir.eaf dirigible
nil ship of Co.inl Zeppelin was sent iaway
for a 24 hour journey in the <nir
to Mayencc and return. Late tonight
the apex of the triangn/nr flight t
had been turned, and the molester of
rhe air, with nose pointel southward, J
was reported speeding along under o
starry skies toward Friedrichschafen, a
where i( is hoped the joi rney will end j,
Wednesday. The flight, io Mayoncc, g
however, not an uninterrupted f
Due, 1'oV something was wrong with a a
propeller while speeding along above
(lie valley of (he Rhine and Count J
Zeppelin was compelled to bring tlio I
lir ship down to the surface of tli
iver at Nachcnhcim, eight miles fron
Uayence, where repairs were effected
n?e dirigible again was sent 01
?igh and the trip that probably wil
>rove a record one was recommenced
Tho weather for the ascension wa
nost auspicious. The ship of the ai
ose majestically to a height of 40
?eet, and crossing the lake circled th
own ol Constance, then turning rc
raced the path of its flight, and dc
bribing a perfect circle, passing ovc
Kriedrichschafen, and then soarei
vest ward over the lake to Basle, o:
he Swiss frontier. Turning the ves
>el slightly toward the nortliwes
-ount Zeppelin steered it over Mill
nuisen, and then directed its fligh
northeasterly to Strassburg, thenc
ollowed the valley of Rhine north
vard to Mayence, a distance altogeth
>r of 250 miles.
Everything was going smoothl;
vhen the trouble to the propeller oc
jurred and somewhat impeded th
>rogress of the air ship, but whe
he balloon had been brought dow
"ount Zeppelin found the defect s
light that he telephoned his secretar
it his office in Friedrichschnfen
'We will start again some time t<i
light and coinplotc the trip."
His expectations were realized, fo
11 less than 4 hours everything Inv
>een made perfect.
The people gathered on the bank
>f the stream and sang patrioti
ongs and cheered Count Zeppelin.
At 10.1.) p. ni., the air ship ros
gain and turned her bows towar
Mayence, where she arrived at 1
?Vlock, and passed over (lie gap
igl'ted city almost beyond the vie\
>f the populace, which had gat here
u the sheets 'expecting to witness
he passage of the balloon.
Soaring onward for a short db
ance, the air ship was turned honu
Aiird. Whether it will follow th
tinerarv laid down by Count Zej
>elin, retracing its outward path t
\arlsruhe and thence flying soittl:
easterly over Stutgart to' Lake Coil
itance, is not known. If (he air shi
naintains the speed at which it wa
ia\elling today, it should arrive i
riedrichschafcn tomorrow forenooi
I lie quiet villages and small town
'long the shores of Lake Constant
iwoke this morning to find that th
treat event for which they had wait
'd lor weeks and months had oecui
cd?Count Zeppelin's air ship ha
tartcd on an epoch making journey
V majority ol (he scant population <>
1 riedrichschafcn, however, despit
triet secrecy of the Count's assu
iates, got wind that something wa
'bout lo happen and assembled be
ore daybreak at Munzell, opposit
lie floating balloon shed. In thi
died, throughout Monday nigh
vorkmen had been busy making e\
>rything ready tot* the journev. A
5 o'clock I his morning, every I hit!
vas in readiness for (lie exit of th
lir ship.
Counl Zeppelin could not hav
diosen more delightful wealher for
darl. A glorious sunrise inaugurate
the day, and (here was not a clou
n I lie sky. I he lake was as smoot
is a mirror.
Wrecked by Storm.
Stullgarl. Aug. .">.? During a sion
loda.v I lie Zeppelin airship brol,
iway Irom its moorings, look fir
ind disappeared in I he air. Seven
>eisons were injured. Count Zeppi
in is safe.
It now appears thai the airshi
xploded during a thunder slori
his afternoon. Previous lo (he e:
dosion il burst, into flames and i
supposed lo have been si nude b
ighlning. The latest reports sav
s completely ruined.
1 he storm came, up suddenly, reai
n." 'I|(1 airship loose from ils moot
ngs, the explosion followed an
lien a greal eoiumn of fire shot in!
he air. followed by a crashing to tli
'a rlli ol i he motors and frames a I
ached lo I lie underside of the shi|
several bystanders were knocke
lown.
NEWS OF WHITMIRE.
"lie Coaling and Going of Many Pcc
l>le?Marriages-Other Matters.
Whit mire, Aug. 0.?Rev. Fostc
J peer spent a day of last week n
icdalia.
Dr. 11. K. Boyd and wife have rc
ui lied from a visit to Newberry.
Mr. and Mrs. William Maybin', o
lobile, A la., are spending the mont
'f August with their parents, Mi
nd Mrs. Frank Maybin and Mi
nd Mrs. J. F. Cofield. Time deal
ently with them and their man
riends rejoice lo see them lookin
well.
Mrs. Sal lie Townsend and Mr*
fyra Moore were at Mrs. Georg
>ouglass' last week. Miss Pannii
o Epps came over with thorn and won
11 down to Newberry to visit Mrs. Jac
I. Henderson.
11 Misses Blanche, Mat tie and Fanni
11 Lake and Mr. Will Lake, of Unioi
I. after visiting relatives here have l'l
s turned home.
r Mrs. .J. E. Yarborough and childrc
I) are spending some time in Shelby,
c C.
> Mrs. Sallie Hardin and daughlei
i- Julia, are visiting her brother, Mi
r S. A. Jeter.
il Mrs. .J. E. Cofield, Mrs. S. A. Jet
11 er, Frances and John Jeter an
j? Joseph mid Kate Howie al
t tended a birthday party given littl
[_ Miss Norn Cofied, on July 28. Mr,
t Fannie Cofield gave a delightfi'
o dinner at her pretty home near Bet
Eden and gave us as many fin
peaches as wc could bring with u
to Whitmire, we all spent a plensar
v day. How nicc it is to plan sum
!_ way to make otners happy.
0 Miss Ann Rice is quite ill at th
n home of Mrs. Victoria Coleman. Di
n Pryor, of Chester, visited her Sal
0 urday.
Mrs. M. E. A bra ins is visting Mi
'. and Mrs T. W. Abrams.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pearson an
son and Miss Sara Halfacre were r
Mrs. J. E. Cofield's several days c
^ last week.
Mrs. David McCracken and daugl
ter, Eleanor, have returned to t hoi
s home near Santuc.
0 Miss Winnie Henderson is with r(
latives at Mavbinton.
e Married, al (lie parsonage, by T?
il Foster Speer, Mr. Bye and Miss Mar
1 Evans.
>- Mrs. liohcrt Elmore is at tho hom
v of her son, Mr. W. E. Elmore,
d Cross Keys played Whitmire in
s game of base ball here last Saturda
evening. Wliitmire was victorious.
Misses Conic McCarlev and Willi
_ Duckett have gone to Tvbec Beac
o for a few weeks.
>- "Nita."
o
i- $1,000,000 CHICAGO FIRE.
f.
p So Hat That the Firemen Had t
s Fight Flames a Elock Av/ay?
n Grain Elevators Burned.
i. Fire in Chicago on Monday whic
s was so hot that the firemen could n<i
e get nearer than a block of it, an
e which made il necessary to pi a
- streams of water on buildings Hire
- and four squares away, this aftei
d noon destroyed the Rurlington clew
tors " E" and "F". I ho dock trans
f for warehouse of that road and eitl
e er burned or rendered useless 100 bo
>- cars. The loss on tlie grain in lli
s two elevators is placed by Armoti
>- & Co., who owned il, at $700,00(
e The total luss is placed at $1,000.00
r The fire started al 1 p. in., in Bui
I, lington warehouse, supposedly from
- cigarette dropped near several ba
*?
I'
y William E. Pelham
it j
" t Cents an
i?.
The imerest we give begins
d lars. 11 is a small beginning
about this final result. Figut
week for a number of years a
interest. It will be interest in
j. mind to do it?most profitable
i Four Per Gent On
it Our institution is under tin
[j examined by the vState Bank ;
: The Bank o
'? Pi ospei
\ i DR. GIvO. Y. IIUNTKR,
President.
I J. P. BROWNK,
n I Cashier.
t rels containing chemicals,
k At (ho first explosion the 2.">0 mei
employed in the warehouse ami cle
e valors fled ami it is believed all cs
), caped.
!- highly tire.engine companies am
three fire tugs had all (hey could d
n to confine the conflagration to it
I original limits. At 3 o'clock, Fir
Marshall lloran, declared that fni
;, tlier spread of (he flames was not t
r. i he feared.
SENATOR ALLISON DEAD.
J low?,'s Grand Old Man?Membor* o
e Congress Since 1863 and p. Sen*
ator Since 1873.
il j ^ Dubuque, Iowa, August J.?Unite
h States Senator \\\ H. Allison died a
e jus home in this city this afternooi
is I he immediate cause of his deal
it was heart failure. The end came a
o a result of a serious sinking spell du
to prostatic enlargement, complicat
c ed with kidney diseases, and during
r. : period of unconsciousness, which ha
t- lasted since Saturday afternoon.
Two weeks ago the Senator left hi
r. home in the city to escape the heal
lie went to the home of Mrs. Fanni
d Stou(, a friend of the family, livin
it on the Asbury road a few miles froi
if town. For a few days his conditio
seemed to improve, but he later In
i- Ran to grow worse. Medical advis
ir ers urged that an operation be pei
formed to relieve the prostatic, er
?- laigemcnt, which was bringing hi
condition to a crisis. Saturday morr
ing the senator was brought bac
y home. Soon afterwards lie relapse
inlo a condition of senii-unconseiouf
o iiess. Except for brief periods of pai
llial recovery lie remained in this cor
n ! dilion until death came (his aftei
y noon.
| News of the serious illness of th
ic I aged senator was kepi from the pul
li lie as much as possible until his deal
j came as a surprise to (lie thousand
of friends residing in this city. Onl
j the more intimate friends of Hie fan
jily were aware of his critical eond
tion.
Senator Allison was born at Pern
j Ohio. March 2, 1820. His boyhoo
: days he spent on (he farm, which wa
h ( his birthplace. Keaehing younir mar
it hood he secured his education in A1
d . legheny college, in Pennsylvania, an
y j the Western Reserve College, of Ohi<
e He was admitted to the liar in 18f>(
j From 18.)0 to 18">7 he practiced la1
i-I in Ohio. In 1857 he removed to Dc
- buque. lie was a delegate to th
i" j National Republican convention i
x j Chicago in 18(10. lie was a nienibo
?' j ol (lie governor's staff during th
ir civil war. In 1803 lie was elected (
V congress and served continually unt
10 1871. In 1873 lie was elected Unite
r-I Slates senator from Iowa and re|
11 | resenled his State in this capaeit
! - j until (he lime of his death.
& Son, Newberry, S. C.
id Dollars.
> with cents and ends with dol truly,
hut there is no <|iiesliou
v how much you can save each
nd then add to it lour per cent,
g?and if you make up your
We will welcome you.
Savings deposits. :
supervision of and regularly
Kxaminer.
f Prosperity,
"ity, S. C. 1
I)R, J. >S. VVIIKI'XKR,
V. President.
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